Bug 587338

Summary: valgrind fails with Assertion 'di->bss_size == shdr->sh_size' failed.
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Jeff Bastian <jbastian>
Component: valgrindAssignee: Jakub Jelinek <jakub>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: qe-baseos-tools-bugs
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 5.5CC: dodji, mfranc, pmuller, smayhew, thoger
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Patch
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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When testing prelinked programs, valgrind could have crashed due to a segmentation fault due to a failed assertion. This was caused by the prelink utility handling the .bss section incorrectly. This update corrects this assertion so that it no longer fails in the described scenario.
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Clone Of: 539874 Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-07-21 07:58:51 UTC Type: ---
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Description Jeff Bastian 2010-04-29 16:13:21 UTC 
Created attachment 410155 [details]
valgrind dynbss patch

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #539874 +++

valgrind fails with Assertion 'di->bss_size == shdr->sh_size' failed.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
valgrind-3.5.0-1.el5
libvirt-0.6.3-33.el5

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
valgrind -v --leak-check=full --show-reachable=yes --log-file=libvirtd.memcheck /usr/sbin/libvirtd

Actual results:
valgrind: m_debuginfo/readelf.c:1901 (vgModuleLocal_read_elf_debug_info): Assertion 'di->bss_size == shdr->sh_size' failed.
==18688==    at 0x38029D5C: ??? (in /usr/lib64/valgrind/memcheck-amd64-linux)

Expected results:
No crash.

Additional info:
valgrind-3.5.0-dynbss.patch from RHEL 6.0 Beta SRPM fixes the problem.
Comment 1 Jeff Bastian 2010-04-29 16:29:51 UTC 
Created attachment 410162 [details]
valgrind dynbss patch

This patch cleans up the line numbers to fix the patch fuzziness.
Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2010-08-09 19:42:41 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated in the
current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to address this
request at this time. Red Hat invites you to ask your support
representative to propose this request, if appropriate and relevant,
in the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Comment 7 Eliska Slobodova 2011-07-12 14:52:21 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
When testing prelinked programs, valgrind could have crashed due to a segmentation fault due to a failed assertion. This was caused by the prelink utility handling the .bss section incorrectly. This update corrects this assertion so that it no longer fails in the described scenario.
Comment 8 Tomas Hoger 2011-07-12 15:06:23 UTC 
s/due to a segmentation fault // ?  Possibly s/crashed/exited unexpectedly/ ?
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2011-07-21 07:58:51 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1026.html